Ice cream dipper



May 9, 1939. BISKUP ICE CREAM DIPPER Filed Nov. 16, 1938 Inventqr;

W Au/U Qy 71 15 attor e y-W Patented May 9, 1939 2,157,813,

UNITED STATES ICE CREAM DIPPER Leopold Biskup, Philadelphia, Pa, assignor of one-half to Joseph Stasinski, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application November 16, 1938, Serial No. 240,612

Claims. (01. 107-48) This invention relates to ice cream dippers fixed to the bowl l5. In sliding engagement with which are hand operated. the rectangular rod portion II, is the rectangu- One of the objects of my invention is to provide lar sleeve I6, having centrally and longitudinally a hand operated ice cream dipper, adapted to cut fixed to one side thereof, the straight rack ii. At

5 a ball of ice cream from the bulk of the same. the lower end of the sleeve l6, integrally project 5 Another object is to provide a hand operated from opposite sides thereof, pairs of ears l8. .The ice cream dipper having a bowl end portion, with cross sections of sleeve l6 and rod portion il its lip in aplane, transverse to the axis of the body can be anything desired, other than rectangular. of the dipper, enabling the operator to thrust the The rack l! meshes with a gear l9, fixed upon 10 said bowl end portion into the bulk of the ice a shaft 28, journaled in the off-set portion 2!, 10 cream, and by the aid of the curved scoops pivoted of the lower casing end 22, of the handle !2. and operated on the outside of the bowl portion, Also fixed upon the shaft 20, is another gear 23, cut a ball from the bulk of the ice cream, leaving which is preferably made larger than the gear. l9, undisturbed the inner contact, of the ice cream to give greater thrusting eifect to the operation with the inner surface of the bowl. of the sleeve I6. However, the gears l9 and 23, 15

A further object of my invention is to provide may be of equal size together, as one gear, or such a construction of operating parts of a ball the gear it may be larger than the gear 23, forming ice cream dipper, as will afford a very according to the desire of the designer of the ice efiicient use of the operators hand, in causing the cream dipper. The gear 23 is in mesh with the dipper parts to cut a ball from hard ice cream. circular rack portion 24, of the lever member 25, 20 Another object is to provide an ice cream dipper which has a hub portion 26, journaled and rewhich while being adapted to fulfill any of the tained upon a cross-pin 21, fixed in the body it. above named objects, will be provided with means The casing end 22 has a depending lip 28, overfor cutting the ball of ice cream loose from the lapping the Circular rack portion 0f the lever 25 bowl, and with improved and efiicient construction member 5, to gu rd aga nst d slodgement of the 25 provide an ice cream dipper that is more easily gear 23, from meshing with the circular rack operated than the ordinary dipper. portion Zfl.

With these and other objects, which will here- The m m r 5 has a thumb-piece 9, i ral inafter appear, my invention resides in certain therewith, but oif-set therefrom to freely pass construction, one embodiment of which is illuse Cas g en e hub portion 26, of the 30 trated inthe drawing and is hereinafter described. mem r 2 i h w. t0 eneese the encircled p The functioning of the parts is explained. and tion 0f the W Spring 0118 Which what I claim is set forth. is bent and engages a hole in the body IE], While In the drawing, the outer end 32, engages a hole in the member Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ice cream di-p- Th Spring 39 normally and fOrCefullY brings 35 per, embodying my invention. the end 33, of the member 25, near the gear 23,

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the dipper shown holding the working Parts Of the dipp in POsiin Figure 1. tion for initial operation. I

Figure 3 is an elevation of the dipper shown in To each pair of ears i8 is pivoted a bent rod 3 2, 40 Figure l, but here showing the side opposite to the lower ends of which are pivoted to ears 35, 40

that shown in Figure 1. fixed upon the curved scoops 36, which are piv- Figure 4 is an inverted plan of the dipper bowl oted at 31, t0 Op Sides of the bowl at a with scoops pivoted on the outside thereof. spherical axis thereof.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of On the opposite side of the dipper is positioned Figure 1. the lever member 38, having a hollow hub por- 45 Figure 6 is a perspective view of the rectangution 39, journaled and retained upon the crosslar sleeve and rack, shown in sliding engagement pin 21. This lever member 38, has an upwardwith and enveloping the upper rectangular rod ly extending arm 46, terminating in a thumb piece portion of the dipper body. 4|, preferably made to come a little lower than In the figures the longitudinal body ID, of the the thumb piece 29, of the lever member 25. 50 ice cream dipper has an upper rectangular rod Extending below the hub portion 39, is a sector portion H, with a handle l2 fixed thereto at the portion 32, having an arc of gear teeth e3, protop H thereof, and at other places with connecjecting toward the body Ill. The center of the tions not here shown. The lower end of the body are of the teeth 43, coinciding with that of the I0 is formed into a yoke I4, reaching over and pin 21. These teeth 43 mesh with a pinion 44, 55

whose axis coincides with that of the body ID. This pinion 44 is fixed upon a longitudinal shaft 45, journaled axially in the body It. The lower end of this shaft 45 enters the bowl l5 centrally, and has fixed thereto, the curved scraper 46, the curvature of which enables it to lie close to the inner spherical surface of the bowl l5. While the scraper 46 is shown to have two arms 41 and 48, any number of such scraper arms may be provided. The sector portion 42 has an arcuate slot 49, engaged by a screw 59, fixed in the body [0. The head 5|, of the screw 50, retains the teeth 43, in mesh with the pinion M. The lever member 38 is normally held by a spring 52, to position its thumb piece 4|, away from the body In. The spring 52 has a curved portion 53, encased, within the hub portion 39, and has its outer ends 54, anchored in the arm 40, its other end is anchored in the body I9, opposite the hub portion 39.

In operation, the user holds the handle I2 by one hand with possibly having the fingers resting against the off-set casing portion 2|. The operator holds the handle l2 in such a position as to have his thumb press on either of the thumb pieces 29 or 4|, as occasion requires. Next, the bowl I5, is thrust down into the bulk of ice cream, which fills into the bowl IE, to spread over substantially its entire inner surface, leaving practically no pockets in the surface of the ice cream ball being formed. While the bowl is thus filled and the operator still holding down the dipper, his thumb is next forcefully pressed against the thumb piece 29 to force the scoops 35 to turn down, cutting into the bulk of ice cream to complete the formation of a ball thereof, the upper half of which is within the bowl l5. In this operation of forcing the scoops 35 to cut into the bulk of ice cream, there is an advantage in somewhat multiplying the effect of the thumb pressure, by having the gear 23 larger than the gear l9, so that the circular rack portion 24 moves a greater lineal length in turning the gear 23, than the lineal length traversed by the straight rack II, when moved by the smaller gear l9, thus giving the scoops 35, connected with the sleeve I 6, by rods 34, more cutting power, particularly when operating upon hard ice cream.

After thus forming the ice cream ball, the dipper with its ball is withdrawn, the thumb piece 29 being released to permit the scoops and connected parts, to resume their normal positions again, by means of the free action of the spring 30. The ice cream ball is released from the bowl I5, by pressing the thumb upon the thumb piece 4|, to turn the lever member 38, to revolve the scraper 46, by means of the teeth 43, the pinion 44, and the shaft 45,

Inasmuch as changes can be made in the con-- struction of ice cream dipper, differing from that shown and herein described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, I wish to include all forms which come within the following claims.

I claim,

1. An ice cream dipper including in combination a longitudinal body, a handle on said body, a casing at the lower end of said handle, said casing having an off-set portion, a shaft transversely journaled in said casing, two gears fixed to said shaft, a rod like portion on said body, opposite said gears, a sliding member on said rod like portion a rack on said sliding member in line with the length thereof, said rack being in mesh with one of said gears, a lever member pivoted on said body at a point remote from said gears, a curved rack portion on said lever member, in mesh with the other of said gears, a spring connecting said body with said lever member normally holding said lever member in initial operative position, a bowl fixed upon the lower end of said body, a pair of scoops pivoted on the outside of said body, and connections between said scoops and said sliding member for turning said scoops when said sliding member slides on said rod portion.

2. An ice cream dipper made in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gear meshing with said rack, on said sliding member, is smaller than the gear meshing with said curved rack portion.

3. An ice cream dipper made in accordance with claim 1, having in addition a curved scraper next to the inner curved surface of said bowl, and mechanism for manually operating said scraper.

4. An ice cream dipper made in accordance with claim 1, having in addition a second lever member pivoted upon said longitudinal body, a curved scraper next to the inner curved surface of said bowl, a shaft longitudinally journaled on said body and fixed to said scraper, a third gear fixed on said shaft, a sector portion to said second lever member, and an arc of teeth on said sector portion, meshing with said third gear.

5. In a hand operated ice cream dipper having a longitudinal body, a hand operated member on said body, pivoted scoops, at one end of said body, and a sliding member in sliding engagement with said body, connected with said scoops, two racks, one of said racks being connected with said sliding member and the other of said racks being connected with said hand operated member, and a gear connection operatively connecting said racks,

to turn said scoops when moving said hand operated member,

LEOPOLD BISKUP 

